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Cognitive load 0:28
A 28-second explainer of Cognitive load, narrated over the same demo you can try yourself.
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What this video covers
The mental effort required to complete a task. Too much and people slow down, make mistakes, or quit.
Same information, same question, but the tidy version let you answer in a fraction of the time. That saved effort is lower cognitive load, and it is mostly the layout's job, not the reader's.
